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1 online resource (209 pages) |
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Routledge Hindu Studies Series |
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RoutledgeCurzon Hindu studies series.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition: Salvific space; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Concepts and sources; 2 Salvific space, narrativesand space as divinity; 3 The origin of the Hindutraditions of salvific space; 4 The growth andomnipresence of the Hindu traditions of salvific space; 5 Narratives and doctrinesof salvific space: the example of sage Kapila; 6 The structure of Hindusalvific space: a pluralistic pilgrimage tradition or whythere is no Mecca of Hinduism; 7 Contradictions and challenges; Notes; References; Index |
| Summary |
Salvific space is one of the central ideas in the Hindu traditions of pilgrimage, and concerns the ability of space, especially sites associated with bodies of water such as rivers and lakes, to grant salvific rewards. Focusing on religious, historical and sociological questions about the phenomenon, this book investigates the narratives, rituals, history and structures of salvific space, and looks at how it became a central feature of Hinduism. Arguing that salvific power of place became a major dimension of Hinduism through a development in several stages, the book analyses the hist |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages.
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Salvation -- Hinduism.
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Space -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
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Hinduism -- History.
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RELIGION -- Hinduism -- General.
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Space -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
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Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages
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Hinduism
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Salvation -- Hinduism
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136240317 |
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1136240314 |
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